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The Osceola times., 1887-08-20

This is a jubilee year In Arkan-
sas. A smile Of pride and great
contentment illuminates Che faces
of the Arkansas people. Allispros
peri,y and healthy progress down
there. The crops were never better
immigration is large, and good real
estate is booming. We are glad
the sunny South is having its day
and it will be a long gloriously
bright one, with no shadows cast by
home misgovernment. --Neosho, Nc.
Times.
Correct, and may it thus ever be
Tally one for Cleveland, the grand
manager Of the jub:lee.-Benton Co
journal.
The Osceola times., 1887-08-20
How To Plant The Ladder.

"There's always room at the top"
is a familiar and inspiring truth, but
often those with the ambition to be
on the uppermost round fail to reach
that height because they do not re-
aliZe that Their ladder must first be
planted upon firm foundation; and
the strongest material for that foun-
dation are good habits. The young
business lad will do well to heed
the following:
BE on hand promptly in the morn
ing at your place of business, and
make it a point never to be late, and
perform chccrfully every duty. BE
respectful to your employers, and to
all in authority over you, and be po-
lite to every one; politencss costs
nothing, and it will help you WON
derfully in getting on in the world.
And above all, be honest and Truth
fui. The boy who starts in life with
sound mind in a sound body, who
falls in no bad habits, who is honest,
truthful and industrious, who re-
members with grateful love his ia
ther and mother, and who does not
grow away from hls church and Sun.
day school, has qualities of mind and
heart that will insure him success to
a remark able degree, even though
he is endowed with only ordinary
mental capacity; for honor, truth
aud industry are more than genius
Don't be foppish in your dress
and don't buy anything before you
have the money 10 pay for it. ShuI
billiard saloons, and be careful how
you spend your evenings. Cultivate
"a taste for reading; and read only
good books. With love for reading
you will find in books friends eve
true and full Of cheer in time o
gloom, and sweet companlonship 10
lonely hours. Other friends ma
grow cold and forsakc you, but book
are always the same.
The Osceola times., 1887-08-20
Mnralitv with honesty is tho leay

Morality with honesty is the leav-
en- which is absolutely necessary to
.he solution of the labor problem 1t
is absent, almost entirely, on both
sides to the issue. With the capital
ist the aim is to amass a competence
in few years and then retire, and
to accomplish this the slilnning "
process is brought into requisition.
With the workingman, almost with
out exception, the aim is to secure
large wages and return therefor as
little value as possible-to get the
best of the employer in every way
possible. Morality and honesty in
both employer and employe will GO
very far toward solving the labor
problem, but the greed for the might
y dollar, from every appearance, will
preclude the practice. of morality
and honesty, only of the sort which
enables a man to keep out OF the
meshes of criminal law.-industrial
Gazette,
The Osceola times., 1887-08-20
Official Directory.
couNTY nEFICERS :

COUNTY OFFICERS:
Coupty and Probate Judge-L kozzen.
circuit and County Clerk-HughR X MeNeigh
Shei M and Collector w. \. Hayes.
county Examiner Leon Ropssen
County Tressurer-Sames Lis'oA
tnunty Coroner y. NJ. laYrepce.
County Assessor--Bethel l.. fiil'
MONROE TOWNSHIP.
Justices of the Peace-S a. 'a'"'ie"i'
NJ Stephenson, NJ G. Tandy.
Constnble-W w Ward
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
Mayor-Ben. u Bacchus
Recorder-Leon Roussan.
A,,f.rmeu-James ListoI., =. Il. Hale. ID. IL
,.wrspee. N l.. Avery :, r. A. Summers
The Osceola times., 1887-08-20

A total eclipse of the sun took
place yesterday; at least, this maies-
tic spectacle was announced to take
place, 10y the astronomers, and our
fellow mortals, who inhabit the other
portion of our globe, on the eastern
hemisphere, doubtless had an oppor-
tuuity to witness this scene. The
moon passed directly between the
sun and the earth. The shadow, or
path of to,ality, is said to be about
100 miles wide, aud commenced in
Germany, extended through the rest
of Europe, trayersed the whole of
Asia, crossed Japan, and ended in
the Pacific Ocean. Astronomers
from all parts Of the world were ON
hand TO make observations and seek
for a solution Of the problems that
can only be studied during the few
precious moments of 4 Total solar
eclipse.
The Osceola times., 1887-08-20
How to Abolish Poverty.

Mayor Hewitt: "Forty years ago,
beginning life as a poor boy, |
thought | would Join a society. l
found one ready made to my hand
I didn't have to go to search for it.
Curiously enough, the object of that
society was exactly the same as that
which now hear proclaimed as
something new. 1t was society
tor the abolition of poverty. ! was
poor. l said, "Tll do what can to
abolish poverty" and what poverty
The Osceola times., 1887-08-20

THE boom for Col. Bob. Crockett
for the next Governor of Arkansas, is
not booming very'loud. The people
are thinking and recalling his record
in the ..ast legislature. If we read
the signs of the times correctly, Bob
wont be our next Governor.
The Osceola times., 1887-08-20

No. | Three vacant town lots, C6NlS2 feet;
desirable loralsy on Main ST. eet. south OF tue
Planters Hotel
No Two lots oppositc Court House, on
Broadway, osceola. 6GNl32 loct each
No Forty acre ttact. fpnr miles from Us
eeula 20 acrrs IN rllltly flon. good house. barn
nAd oufhousts, COED we'll 1hi- trace is locai-
ed on w all.r bayou. famous dshing sires'n.
No 4. rsrns 225 acres, % acres In eultira-
ton; good hnase, hsu and 0nihou.e-, water,
&C , miles from Oeecoai good neignhmh"'n'
No. s. s2l acses iana and tinlb.r land, nrar
BlytAetsilr.
The Osceola times., 1887-08-20

LITTLE Rock and Pine Bluff had
their "iirst bale of cotton on the
18th, inst, and sold for 25 and 22S
cents respectively.
The Osceola times., 1887-08-20
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The Osceola times., 1887-08-20

The Prrsbyt terisn Ladies' Aid Society meets
every Wednesday afternoon al 3 CLOCK ~ as,s nt
Alex Good rich q reridence. so"
The Osceola times., 1887-08-20

Pure Ice always on hand, which |
will deliver to the trade at lc. per III,
and TO consumers or families, in small
quantities at lie. Respectfully,
t.Stf. Jas. NJ. HAMILTON.
The Osceola times., 1887-08-20
Masonic.

The stated comm anicatia2s Of os,eola LooSe LODI
No. ~. A. =. 4 \. NJ. VIII De heia & tne "AIi, ~.
m,mb.r rs are ordered to attend promptly.
Ali Mater Masons in good stah'ins a''
cordially invited 10 attend ,,, ,r a,
BY order Of j. W. FRiCE' W.
Iros RoussAN, Secretary
The Osceola times., 1887-08-20
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The Osceola times., 1887-08-20
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The Osceola times., 1887-08-20
VOLUME XVIII.
The OSCEOLA TIMES.
LEON ROUSSAN,
Rditor and Propri ct o r

,,yRxs OF suBsCRIPToS. I'm advanceo
FOR \ Term of One year: ~
Six Months. ....... 10
The Osceola times., 1887-08-20

No o. 1901 acres farm and timber land. slG
mites nortl Of u-ee,la aud three miles frvm tne
Mississippi river. ~
No go acres farm and timber land. four-
teen miles fiofn Mis-. issippi river. on femtsco1
sAyou. neighbour I'D beias settled up rapidly
No 3. lc0-ncr,s farm and timber land. . :
Ia cultivation, good housss. "a femisc ot bsyun>
The Osceola times., 1887-08-20
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cAnns AND ADVERTISEMENTS
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01
JOHN RoAcH's WILL.
The Famous Shipbuilder Leaves No
Capital to Garry on His Business.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser
The will OF the late John Roach will be
filed for probate next week 1t isnow in the
custody of Mr.. James r. Cunning. of the law
firm OF Vanderpoel, Green & Cunning, Mr..
Roach's lifelong friend and personal legal
adviser The property bequeathed by Mr..
Roach consists only of the shipyard at Ches-
ter, Penn, the Morgan iron works, at the
foot of East Ninth street. and the house at
No. 624 Fifth avenue, in which Mr.. Roach
lived and died. There are no stocks, bonds,
securities, money or real estate other than
that already mentioned.
The famous Shipbuilder's three sons, Gar
rett, Quintard and Stephen Roach, and the
widow inherit the property equally. The
Fifth avenue house and the Morgan Iron
works are entirely free from any encum-
brance. The shipyard at Chester has been
in the hands of the assignees ever since Mr..
Roachs assignment in August, 1885. The as
signeeS are now bringing their work to
close, and within month the works will be
handed over to the heirs with all the ac-
counts against them settled, but in such a
condition that the works cannot be started
again without great expenditure of money
to put them in as good condition as they
were in when Mr.. Roach assigned. The
heirs, u is said, are left entirely without cap
ital. They will make no effort, therefore, to
was Mr. Roach's lifelong desire and ambi-
ton that his sons should succeed him. The
works at Chester will be sold. For the pur-
pose OF carrying on the Morgan iron works a
stock company has been formed, of which
Mr.. George z. Weed, Mr.. Roach's old friend,
is president
"Mr. Roach's last testament will show"
said Mr.. Cunning, that instead of being a
man of great wealth, accumulated by fat
government contracts, as his enemies have
so persistently represented, Mr.. Roach had
nothing in the world but his business, which
his own hard work and indomitable perse-
verance had built up. AT the time Of his
failure he had done about $4,000, 900 worth of
work on government vessels, on which some
payments had been made and other pay
ments were due. When Secretary Whitney
and Attorney General Garland took the
ground that Mr.. Roach not only had no con-
tract with the government, but was liable to
the government for every cent of money that
had been paid him, he not only had no pri-
vate means and no investments that he
might turn into cash in the emergency, but
no bank in the whole of the world would
give him cent on his paper. The action of
the government would have destroyed all
business confidence in any man against
whom 1t was directed The will will show
that he could not have had a cent with which
he could have paid his employees, to say
nothing of paying the heavy liabilities which
the encouragement said Mr.. Roach was un-
der to the government"
The Morgan iron works are worth about
100000. 1t is difficult to say how much
the Chester shipyard in its present condition
is valued at.
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01
The Boston q Maine RlIl.

The communication signed Maine Gen.
trial." which appears elsewhere, contends
that the Boston & Maine railroad bill does
not include the Maine Central and was not
intended to do so. Then the proper thing to
do is to amend it, as our correspondent sug-
gests, $50 that the most ingenious hair-split-
ter cannot claim that it includes the Maine
Central, for as it now exists it would not
require ahair-splitter of very great ingenuity
to show that it might include the Maine Gen.
trial. The bill as now worded authorizes the
Boston q Maine to acquire by purchase rail-
roads Operated" by the Boston & Maine
and Eastern. Whether the Maine Central is
included depends entirely on what def
milton the courts would give to the
word operated" In one sense the Maine
Central is operated by the Eastern, in ancth-
er 1t is not The Eastern controls MAORI
ty of the stock and elects the directors who
operate the road. Whether the courts would
hold that this indirect operating was suffi-
Gent to bring the Maine Central within the
provisions of this bill is question on which
we are inclined to think good lawyers would
disagree. But it is perfectly easy to prevent
sny-auestion arising ON this point by except
Ing the Maine Central railroad, and as the
parties to this bill have no intention of in
GLIDING that road of course they win readily
consent to an excluding clause, Whether the
bill is intended to include the Portland, Saco
q Portsmouth and the Portland & Rochester
our correspondent does not say. But if the
Maine Central cannot be correctly described
as road operated by the Eastern neither
can the Portland & Rochester be described
as road operated by the Boston & Maine.
1t follows then that If the Maine Central can
not be affected by this bill, the Portland g.
Rochester cannot be, and was not intended
to be, so there will, Of course, be no objec-
tlon to inserting clause excluding in terms
tie Portland q Rochester as well as the
Maine Central. "he Portland, Saco & Ports
mouth is under lease to the Eastern, and SO
directly operated by it that it would seem
that 1t must be one Of the roads that may be
acquired by the Boston & Maine If it is
intended to exclude this road an excluding
clause is absolutely necessary. With these
three roads excepted from the provisions Of
the bill some Of its worst dangers will be
aveIted. But the bill will still be open to
the objection that we noticed yesterday of
giving to a majority Of the stockholders the
power to radically change the destiny of
property against the will Of the minority.
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01
A PernIcIous Measure,

Some method of levying taxes which shall
assess every man in the community his ex-
act proportional part of the aggregate tax to
be raised is greatly to be desired. IL anybody
can frame law which will accomplish that
result the legislature ought to pass it with
a rush. Mr.. Clifford has framed law
which he probably thinks will do so.
VIII it? If the millennium had arrived
and everybody was telling the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth,
we should say it would. But the millennium
has not yet arrived, and is probably many
aists..>t yot, and thara etiil very
large number Of people on this terrestrial
sphere who will prevaricate, especially to the
tax gatherer. This being the case we fear
that Mr.. Gifford's bill instead of equalizing
taxation will render it more uneven than it
now Is.
The bill provides that once year every
person in the community shall make
out list of all he owns, describing
1t infinitely, SO that the assessors shall
be able to affix correctly its value; and of
all he owes, so that the assessors may be
able to figure up precisely what ahe is
worth. Now if everybody in the community
would conscientiously do this the assessors
would possess the facts to enable them to
tax everybody justly and fairly. But all
men are not conscientious, and in every COM
munity would be found a considerable per
cent. of property owners who would not re-
veal the true amount of their possessions.
The result would be that the honest and con-
scientious part of the community would find
themselves punished by heavy tax for be-
ing conscientious and honest, and the dis
honest men would find their burdens relieved
by reason Of their dishonesty. The old
adage that honesty is the best policy would,
therefore, under this system soon be so
thoroughly disproved by experience that it
would come to be regarded as huge joke.
Indeed 1t would be hard to conceive of
scheme better calculated to demoralize the
community and tempt men to dishonesty
than this tax scheme of Mr.. Giffori's.
Another objection, not so important per-
haps, but very weighty nevertheless, is the
immense power the bill puts into the hands
of the assessors. These officers are to be
put into possession every April Of the pre-
else financial standing Of every person in
the community. The merchant has got to
lay bare to them every year the exact
condition Of his business, how much he owes,
how much is owed him and the value of his
stock. The temptation to use these facts
for other purposes than the assessment of
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01

Canada has now another cause for gloom.
The report got abroad recently that the
Quee5 would mark her jubilee by confer
ring titles on lots Of her prominent men. In
hopes Of getting himself into position con-
spicuous enough to merit one of these titles
one Canadian has just spent $4,000 in getting
himself elected mayer of a town and many
have been filed with pleasant anticipations.
But now it is announced that the Queen
never thought of comforting titles on any
body in Canada
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01

Master Workman James E. Quinn Of the
knights Of Labor says that the Knights pro-
pose to get to the point where they shall
dominate all the institutions Of this coun-
try 1t is to be hoped that before they get
there some Of their leaders win experience a
change of demeanor.
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01

The Hon. Frank Lawler has succeeded in
attracting the attention of the country to him
self by introducing some resolutions designed
to suggest that there is danger of war with
England. Mr.. LAWYERS resolutions have
disappeared in committee and he win disap-
pear with them.
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01

The New York Sun has despatch from
Lincoln, Nebraska, which raises some doubt
as to the death of Brigham Young, and init
mates that he may appear in the flesh before
long. just as the Edmunds- Tucker bill is
about to become a law is a bad time for Brig
ham to resurrect himself II he is wise he
will stav dead
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01

The Biddeford Journal very pertinentIy
asks II 1t is not possible for the Portland
authorities to fumigate the Stafford Block
den. The question has been frequently
asked before, but never satisfactorily an
swered
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01

Mr.. Goschen has evidently changed his
mind. Alittle while ago he declared that he
would not accept a seat as gift from the
Tories, but since he was defeated in Liver
pool, he seems to have become willing to get
a seat in any way he can.
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01

In his speech at the Academy of Music
Sunday night Mr.. Henry George handled
the Catholic church much more tenderly than
has been his wont of late. Pitching into the
religion of large part of his disciples was
not polite thing and Mr.. George has come
II Il
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01

we understand it is announced upon au-
thority that Judge Knight declines to be con-
sidered candidate for Mayor at the coming
spring election.
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01

TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 1.

We do not read anonymous letters and commnn
cations. The name and address of the writer are
all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for pub
iieation but as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01

Ex-Gov. Abbett's campaign for the New
Jersey senatorship appears to be failure.
He is losing votes dailynow.
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01

The Orangemen and Catholics are shooting
one another in Belfast again. Perhaps the
best way to settle the trouble there which
seems to be perennial, would be to let them
have Il out
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01

Nobody offers to relieve the administration
oil Attorney General Garland Why can't
somebody offer him the superintendency of
telephone exchange?
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01

taxes, unless we always get men of Spartan
virtue for assessors, will sometimes prove
irresistible.
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01
MATTER FOR CONGRATULATIONS.
Hartford Post.
ELECTRICITY AND THE GALLONS.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.

Hanging by the law, it is safe to predict
will soon be obsolete in New York A State
commission, which has been studying the
a substitute for breaking of the neck or
strangulation. The public sentiment of the
country, while willing to tolerate the death
penalty in certain cases, would be pleased to
see that penalty take some form less brutal
and demoralizing than hanging Perhaps
electricity furnishes the best device which
can be invented for this purpose.
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-01
To Vessel Owners.

FTNHE Port CFde Maine Railway has been thor
Il oughly re9uilt, and Is now In readiness to
take out all vessels in need of repairs. All work
dispatched quickly and satisfaction guaranteed.
Address, q. w. STIMPS0N, JR.
dec16dtf Port Clyde, Me
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-06-03
Lanland nahlcs ~ chnroh.

l want to tell you how the mammas
away mp in Lapland keep their babies
from disturbing the minister Sunday.
Poor babies suppose it is growing bad
style everywhere to take them out to
church. And l suppose, too, chat the
ministers are privately as thankful rs can
be But the Lapp mamInas don't stay at
home with theirs. The Laps arc q very
religious people They 90 immense dis
tanccs 20 hear their pastors. Every mis-
sionary is sure OF LARGE audience and an
attentive ono. lie can hear q PIN drop
that is, should he choose to drop one him.
self; tho congregation wouldn't make so
much noise Gs that under any considcra-
ton. All the babies are outside, buried
in the snow. As soon as the family ar
rives at the little wooden church, and the
reindeer is secured, the papa Lapp shovcls
a snug little Ded in the snow. and mamma
Lapp wraps baby snugly in skins and de-
posts it therein Then papa piles the
snow around it, while the parents 20
dccorously into church over twenty or
thirty babies lie ont there i'm tho snow
around the church, and / never heard OF
one that sutIoca,el or fro1e Smoke dried
little creatures. / suppose they are tough!
But how would our soft. ten ~, pretty,
pink and white babies Ike il, co You
Awake.